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Use in varieties of Scots

woe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.6 4.5 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences115 3 0 1 1 1
Number of authors10 4 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of woe in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Forbye, tae add tae Cathy's woe, on page 31

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Cryin "Cry woe, cry woe, but let the good prevail, on page 128

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
les richt up tae 12 frae her. Woe betide ye if ye got them wran on page 120

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
patiently listen. Ah thistle woe is me, Ye couldnae mak a twee on page 43

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
w the snaa kent weel eneuch: 'Woe to the bloody city of Lichfie on page 32

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
i noo their minds were full o woe, on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
eel,) tellin abody his tale o woe. Aiberdeen Angus said.
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
droppan wi woe. on page 24

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
t pity those wha'es cares and woe's on page 46

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Woe betide yis, Pharisees! on page 90

1 matches

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